I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 506, A Great Work

Unlike Chen Yong in his previous life.

In his previous life, Chen Yong was indeed sentenced to only three years, with a suspended sentence, while in this life, Chen Yong was indeed sentenced to ten years.

Because they are somewhat different.

In this life, Chen Yong is probably a multi-millionaire.

This is different. In his previous life, Chen Yong was genuinely just trying to buy medicine for his fellow patients. He himself also had chronic myeloid leukemia, so he could understand these things.

In this life, Chen Yong is a healthy man. Perhaps his first two smuggling attempts were really just to get medicine for his fellow patients, but after tasting the benefits, he chose to make a profit for himself.

He became a tycoon in the smuggling of Indian medicines.

A single thought can shape a different life.

But it's undeniable that he's like Zhang Changlin, having saved at least 800, if not 1000. Who would take smuggled drugs if they had money?

Just like the doctor said.

If you get sick from taking smuggled drugs, who will be responsible for you? Even the doctors won't dare to take responsibility.

But is it wrong to want to live?

Pharmaceutical companies, in order to protect their own interests, spent enormous sums of money in the early stages, only to suffer huge losses in the end. However, without their drug development, patients would really have no choice but to wait to die.

It just goes to show that the world isn't simply black and white.

This is the message Li Yun conveyed from "Dying to Survive".

This is absolutely not a black-and-white issue where only the person buying the medicine is innocent.

Only the sick are truly innocent.

Neither Cheng Yong nor that god is innocent.

Just like Chen Yong in front of us, he is indeed not innocent.

However, they all need to pay the price for their mistakes.

This is Li Yun's movie.

Before Li Yun left, Chen Yong received a notice to visit him in prison. His daughter and wife came to visit him after a long time.

"I'm sorry, I've dragged you all into this."

Chen Yong’s first words were a hurried apology to his wife and daughter. He knew how much scorn and injustice his daughter and wife had suffered because of his status as a criminal.

very tired.

His long-lost daughter and wife remained silent when they saw Chen Yong. He thought about how his daughter was still in elementary school when he went to prison, and now she was a beautiful young woman.

I felt both relieved and want to cry.

It was his own wrongdoing that caused his daughter and wife to be looked down upon.

"Regarding the divorce agreement you mentioned last time, I've thought it through; I don't want a single penny of the property."

At this moment, Chen Yong was talking to himself.

This is something his wife has been bringing up for a long time. At first, he was unwilling, but later he realized what he had brought to his family.

Now he's figured it out. This time, his autobiographical film will bring him a lot of money, enough to ensure his wife and daughters live a worry-free life for the rest of their lives.

"Dad, are you a bad person?" Chen Yong's daughter asked after a moment of silence.

"If I weren't a bad person, Dad wouldn't be here."

"So, did the medicine you bought really save so many lives?"

"Maybe."

"Then you're not a bad person, Dad." After receiving this answer, his daughter smiled.

Perhaps she will still be looked down upon because of this, perhaps on her job search or in the course of her life. But at this moment, she understood one thing.

My father is not a stain or a disgrace on my life, and that's enough.

Chen Yong never expected that his daughter would see him this way. He was moved and shed tears. Perhaps he was satisfied as long as his daughter did not misunderstand him.

He couldn't call himself a good person; his purpose in smuggling drugs was to make money. However, he did genuinely sympathize with these people. He had encountered this group by chance while playing a game, and the sympathy he felt was what led him to choose to smuggle Gleevec.

At this time, Chen Yong's wife did not mention divorce again.

"When you come out, my daughter and I will pick you up."

It's time to visit him in prison.

His daughter and wife had no choice but to get up and leave, but those five minutes were the happiest five minutes Chen Yong had experienced in the past ten years.

"You feel happy, but your results aren't finalized yet, and there's still a possibility of failure. So why are you so happy?"

At this moment, Li Yun felt happy and satisfied. Even though the film's performance had not yet been fully revealed, he could still feel a sense of satisfaction and happiness.

This kind of happiness made the person next to them unhappy.

At this point, Li Yun said...

"Don't you think this is a very meaningful thing? It makes everyone accept my ideas and the thoughts that my works convey, and that makes me very happy."

It's not just about fame and fortune.

Rather, it is when the thoughts of others accept one's own thoughts.

The resulting climax resonance.

That's art—the act of imposing one's own thoughts on others and having them accepted.

"Rape, I love this feeling."

At this moment, Li Yun smiled with narrowed eyes, calmly looking at the empty, personalityless figure before him.

"I thought you were going to say something more profound, like you were going to give me a lecture."

The personality next to him stared at Li Yun in shock. He had always thought that Li Yun would instill some strange and profound principles in him.

But I didn't expect it.

It's so 'simple'.

Because the feeling of instilling ideas is very comfortable and refreshing, without any strange or profound principles.

Perhaps standing on the moral high ground and promoting so-called positive energy is a reason, but in the end, Li Yun can't fool himself, and he can't deceive his own instincts.

Amidst the box office success, achievements, and public opinion surrounding the film, Li Yun felt that there were many reasons why he wanted to do this, one of which was to eliminate his personality.

What I like most, besides fame and fortune themselves, is...

The joy of making movies.

Perhaps it lies in the intense pleasure derived from forcibly imposing one's own thoughts and filling others with one's ideas—because I can do it, because I want to do it, that's all.

"It seems you truly are on the fine line between genius and madness."

"There's nothing I can do if that's how you think."

At this moment, Li Yun nodded.

Sitting at home, waiting for the hype to build.

During this period, the popularity of "Dying to Survive" continued to rise, and Jiang Chenggang and his team were already in a state of panic.

I was afraid that Li Yun's performance in "Dying to Survive" would be inexplicably hampered by the ingredients.

Even though Li Yun comforted the mountain man with a brilliant plan to let the bullets fly for a while, anxiety still lingered in their minds.

Now you're not just an actor anymore. You need to think about more than just performing and filming this play. You need to think about whether the play can be safely released after its release, and whether it will leave ammunition for your opponents to criticize.

These are all things that happen when making a movie.

Li Yun knew, of course he knew. When the original version of "Dying to Survive" was broadcast, it also caused controversy and attacks. History always repeats itself.

"Can you tell me what this 'mountain hermit's plan' you're talking about is? We need to know what your trump card is." Jiang Wen, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but ponder.

You have to have a reason.

"If I said, 'Let them tweet about it now, let them say all sorts of things that my movie has distorted values and misleads people,' and they said it without restraint, would you believe them if they ended up losing more than they gained?'"

I don't believe it.

Jiang Wen shook his head, and Jiang Chenggang next to him also shook his head. Focusing on the subject of the grassroots is very sensitive. It is either easy to be disliked or easy to be censored. This is a consensus.

"That settles it then, you wouldn't believe me anyway..."

"Let's not talk about that now. Is the TV series ready?"

At this moment, Li Yun thought that since Jiang Chenggang and the others wouldn't believe him anyway, he might as well change the subject.

I have two more works to complete.

A suspense drama, a science fiction drama.

The two films represent different audiences and were released in December and January respectively, one at the end of the year and the other at the beginning of the year.

"Next up is a series of screenings." Jiang Chenggang also felt that it was pointless to dwell on the success of "Dying to Survive." It was a done deal, and there was only so much that could be done now.

For example, holding a press conference or something, if you think about the effect carefully, it would seem like you're trying to hide something. It would be better to just do what Li Yun said and remain unchanged in the face of all changes.

I'm bracing for this unexpected situation that no one could have foreseen. Yes, no one could have imagined it. No one could have imagined that I, not being a medicine god, would become so incredibly popular. It's only because it's this terrifyingly popular that my rivals would be so shameless as to lower themselves to smear me. This is something my rivals probably never even considered.

This incident is seen by industry insiders as a lose-lose situation.

"Dying to Survive" damaged its box office and performance, and also damaged its prestige within the Beijing film circle. It's laughable that you, the long-established overlord, would resort to such despicable tactics to bring down your opponent.

But then again, winning is winning, and losing is losing. Many times, it doesn't matter what methods are used or what martial ethics are involved.

Li Yun's next works include the sequel to "The Three-Body Problem" and the TV series "The Hidden Corner".

In fact, both works have already undergone a period of promotion and release.

The Hidden Corner did generate some buzz, but the Three-Body Problem received a completely lukewarm response.

Suspense works can always generate some buzz.

Science fiction works have truly become lifeless.

"Is it possible that there's really no audience for science fiction in China?"

Jiang Chenggang also had questions about this.

"The title of 'domestic science fiction' is something that everyone should think twice about, and I think I have some authority to say about that."

Jiang Wen said at this moment: "Domestic science fiction, and even my science fiction works, are inspired by it."

For now.

For the past 10 to 20 years, the market for domestic science fiction has been virtually nonexistent. Only in the early days of film and television did some imaginative works emerge.

Then it couldn't continue.

After that, people in various circles felt that the things from our ancestors were very relatable, had few risks, and were easy to film and broadcast.

Gradually, this subject matter disappeared from domestic films.

This has gradually created a market where each of these major circles has its own comfort zone.

Themes representing the "future" are completely controlled by the West.

Soaring imagination has become the exclusive domain of Hollywood.

This is the tragic story of domestically produced science fiction.

It's not that there isn't an audience, but rather that this audience has lost all confidence in the domestic market.

So the response was lukewarm; it wasn't that there was no response at all, but the number was indeed very small.

At this moment.

Li Yun then spoke.

That's because I didn't come.

Now I have arrived, and the era of domestic science fiction will begin with me.

The era that began with me.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Just then, as Li Yun was preparing for the upcoming publicity campaign, she received a call from Lu Zhengguang.

"It seems to be progressing a little faster than I expected."

"What do you mean, faster?" Jiang Chenggang asked, puzzled.

At this moment, Li Yun stroked his chin and said.

"I'm not a medicine god, it's time to fight back."

The movie "Dying to Survive" was almost a resounding success, but it also sparked a wave of discussion.

Are the lives of us poor people not lives?

Even an ant's life is a life!

Are we poor people just supposed to wait to die?

This movie generated far more buzz than The Great Wall.

The alien monsters in the Great Wall are things of fantasy, but poverty in real life is a real thing.

No matter how dangerous or terrifying the monster, it cannot overcome the consequences of poverty and hardship in life.

Zhang Yimou also fell silent after watching the movie.

After watching "Dying to Survive," I fell into silence.

Compared to "monster", the monster you created is indeed more terrifying.

Poverty is such a damn thing.

"Putting everything else aside, I should even admire him," Lu Haishi commented after watching the film. As the head of the Beijing art circle, he is first and foremost an artist, and therefore possesses an eye for appreciating art.

And those eyes actually saw it.

The artistic value of this film is beyond reproach; it is simply too powerful.

Unfortunately, he was too arrogant and focused too much on expressing himself, ignoring the consequences.

Talent can also be a double-edged sword.

However, at this very moment.

Just when Lü Haishi thought that Li Yun's film would be subject to rectification or criticism because of this controversy, a piece of news suddenly appeared.

Simple news, news that only needs one sentence.

Even Lü Haishi was staring blankly at this moment.

"It can't be that much of a coincidence, can it?"

Gleevec has been included in medical insurance coverage.

This news, like a bolt from the blue, directly ignited the popularity of the movie "Dying to Survive".

All the previous negative public opinion and buzz became the fuel for a volcanic eruption at this moment.

Explosion, explosion, explosion!

It erupted from the silence.

It erupted with a roar.

Now that I'm not a medicine god, public opinion has immediately reversed, and even the invited commentators can't stop the trend.

The trending topics he was involved in can be summed up in a single sentence.

Cultural and entertainment works that change the times and influence the world.